Statistical analyses (two-sample Welch t-statistics -unequal variances- with Bonferroni multiplicity corrections) revealed that in PGR patients the inhibited form of the kinase LCK (LCK phosphorylated at Y505) was higher than in PPR patients (p = 0.0388) (Figure 3A). This evidence concerns the gene LCK and peste des petits ruminants infectious disease.